What meats are traditionally featured in gyro? Depends where the gyros is made. In Australia, lamb, with chicken a more recent innovation. In Greece, pork. Given that gyros derives from döner kebab, I suppose the Turkish original is beef. Answered 2016-01-21 [Originally posted on http://quora.com/What-meats-are-traditionally-featured-in-gyro/answer/Nick-Nicholas-5]